Gabon: Heads of Companies in Debt to the National Social Security Fund Prohibited From Leaving the Country

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In Gabon, a ministerial decree signed by the Minister of Social Affairs, the Minister of Defence and his colleague from the Interior prohibits any director of a debtor company or who is in debt with the National Social Security Fund from leaving the country. The text, which fled on social networks before its promulgation, raises fears among some managers of companies who fear a deterioration in the business climate because of this additional pre…